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U.S. Promises
Tunfahment'to
Reds in Korea
-; Br fitoa C Fay
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -V
The Pentagon high command
Bounded a new, confident note on
the Korean war today.
The communist forces "will be
severely punished" if they try- big-
scale attacks now, said Gen. J.
Lawton Collins, army chief of
staff.
Just back from an inspection of
the war zone, Collins made this
statement to reporters at a Penta
gon briefing session.
It was erident the defense de
partment desired that its view be
made known. Secretary George C.
H.Tyrfhnnv with Collins, walked un
announced into the regular Satur
day morning briefing session. He
told reporters he thought they
would want to know where Col
lins went, "what he saw and what
bis reactions were."
Collins reported:
1. The army has plenty of fight
left in it. If the enemy attacks
In any strength they will be very
severely punished."
2. The communists have shown
B disposition the last week or
two to push down in an attack
from their main positions on the
Han river, which runs through Se
oul.
Artillery Keady
3. The western part of the front,
where the reds have their great
est concentration, is the best part
of Korea for use of U. N. tanks
while the ground is frozen. More
over, artillery Is ready and "zero
. ed in" on the logical places for
attack in that sector. Perhaps, Col
lins commented, that is why the
enemy hasn't jumped off from the
Han river line on an offensive.
4. American troops are in "very
good shape; their morale is better
than I expected it to be." Morale
f the South Korean troops, "con
sidering everything, is very satis
factory."
5. Air General Hoyt Vanden-
berg, who went to Korea with Col
lins, made a thorough reconnais
sance by plane and helicopter of
the eastern areas extending from
the U. N. line far up to the reser
voir areas in northern Korea. He
could find no sign of communist
r forces moving anywhere. He also
went into the immediate forward
areas with an army ground pa
trol. He found no red movement
there.
JriBops Infiltrate
6. The central front, where most
of the heavy patrol engagements
have occurred in recent days, con
tinues a problem. Enemy troops
are infiltrating through mountain
passes to join up with guerrilla
forces. While Collins was there,
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, 8th army
commander, gave orders to plug
p the infiltration gaps. The U. N.
forces eventually should be able
to break up these infiltrating red
units.
Meanwhile, a study was report
ad to have been made by Ameri
can government officials of the
possibility of arming anti-communist
guerrillas in China itself.
While the United States wants
no general war in the far east,
policy also is directed at penaliz
ing the Chinese reds for their at
tack on the United Nations in Ko
rea. Just what will be done re
mains to be determined, however.
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injured two others, tells relatives
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Fair Managers
Oppose Change
In Racing Act
PORTLAND, Jan. 20 -JF) The
Oregon Fairs association today
expressed opposition to proposed
changes in handling of funds from
the fair racing act.
By resolution delegates con
demned bills on the matter, now
pending in the state legislature.
Herman H. Chindgren, Molalla,
long-time head of the association,
again was re-elected. Other offi
cers named: Leon David, Hills-
boro, vice-president; and Howard
G. Smith, Tillamook, secretary
treasurer. The next meeting was sched
uled for Portland, November 14
16. Fair dates were scheduled as
follows:
Clackamas county, August SO;
Columbia county, August 16
through 18; Coos county, August
16 through 19; Crook county, Aug
ust 10 through 12; Curry county,
August 31 through September 2;
Deschutes county, August 24
through 26; Gilliam county, Sep
tember 21, through 23.
Grant county, September 20
through 22; Harney county, Sep
tember 14 through 16; Hood River
county, August 14 and 13; Jack
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son county, August 22 through 23;
Josephine county, August 4
through 8; Lane county, September
19 through 22; Linn county, Aug
ust 28 through September 1; Nar
row county, September 14 through
16.
Multnomah county, August 20
through 26; Polk county, August
23 through 25; Sherman county,
September 14 through 16; Tilla
mook county, August 15 through
18; Umatilla county, August 23
through 26; Union county, Sep
tember 20 through 22; Wasco
county, August 30 through Sep
tember 2; Washington county,
August 29 through September 1;
Wheeler county, September 14
through .16.
Oregon state fair, September 3
through 9; Pacific International
Livestock exposition, October 5
through 13; Eastern Oregon Live
stock show, June 7 through 9;
Eastern Oregon Wheat league and
Mid-Columbia Livestock associa
tion, June 4 through 6; Oregon
state corn show, first week in
December; Pendleton Roundup,
September 12 through 15.
Dates of other shows will be
determined later.
FIGHTING COCKS
SINGAPORE-P-Smuggling of
fighting cocks from Siam into
Singapore is the latest headache of
the Customs department here,
Cockfigbting Is illegal here. These
Siamese death-dealing cocks, some
standing nearly two feet high, with
irridescent green, black and bronze
plummage, may introduce poultry
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Delegate Asks
U.N. Stand Up
To Aggression
ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 20 -Wh-Emest
A. Gross, No. 2 man in the
United States UJi. delegation, said
tonight the United Nations will not
survive unless it is prepared to
face aggression squarely and take
the required decisions.
In an address before the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Gross declared this coun
try must continue to place its faith
in collective action, such as that
envisaged in the U.N. charter.
The resolution introduced today
to brand Red China an aggressor
"will be adopted," the ambassador
answered point blank after his ad
dress when asked what will hap
pen if the United Nation does not
adopt the resolution.
His answer brought cheers from
his audience.
"We are on the eve of a historic
event," Ambassador Gross declar
ed as the United Nations faces a
decision which, he said, is "essen
tial to Its ' existence"- and one
"which will affect the lives of men
and nations."
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Machinery for
Price Controls
Beins Rushed
By lfax Hall
WASHINGTON, 1 Jan. 2(Hr
The Office of Price Stabilization
(OPS) today aimed at a simul
taneous freeze of about eight mil
lion prices by the end of the com
ing week. i .
If they fail to issue the order
by that time, OPS officials think
it will be largely because of form
alities and mechanical details
and not disagreement over policy.
ESA consultants have estimated,
on the basis of World War II ex
perience, that general controls
would apply to about eight million
different prices and three or four
million companies.
Erie Johnston, the new admin
istrator of the Economic Stabili
zation Agency (ESA), under
which OPS operates, is not ex
pected to block the freeze. Presi
dent Truman appointed Johnston
to the ESA Job yesterday after
dismissing Alan Valentine, who
had held up an earlier freeze pro
posal ott the ground it was pre
mature. Executive Order Dae
Today the White House was
preparing to issue an executive
order changing the whole stabili
zation setup. The : reorganization
is the work of Charles E. Wilson,
director of defense mobilization.
who is Just above Johnston in the
chain of command.;
This order was expected to:
1. Make Johnston the umpire
and general policy supervisor of
the whole stabilization program,
including prices, wages, rents, and
credit controls. Johnston has taken
a leave of absence from his job as
president of the Motion Picture
association. He is a former Spo
kane, Wash., manufacturer and
former president of the U. S
chamber of commerce.
2. Make the OPS an autonomous
agency to operate price controls.
Michael V. Disalle is the OPS di
rector. 3. Make the wage stabilization
board (WSB) an autonomous ag
ency to operate wage controls.
Later, this nine-man board is like
ly to be handed the authority to
settle labor disputes affecting the
defense effort.
To Settle Disputes
Johnston will settle any disputes
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between the OPS and WSB.
Valentine, as ESA administra
tor, conceived it his duty to be the
operating heed of price and wage
stabilization, as well; as the policy
coordinator. His behind-the-scenes
struggle with DiSalle and Ching
over this Issue was one cause of
his dismissal. I
The coming price freeze Is ex
pected to roll back prices. The
most talked-about date has been
Jan. LM
The order will be only tempor
ary, designed to put a brake on the
climbing cost of living . until de
tailed celling prices can be work
ed out on about eight minion
items industry by Industry.
The price freeze : will . exempt
those food prices which cannot be
restrained without 1 holding the
farmers prices below parity. Pari
ty is a long-standing formula de
signed to give the fanner a fair
Income in relation to the prices of
things he must buy.; The defense
production act says no prices can
be frozen'below parity. Most farm
prices now are below that level.
The price freeze will be accom
panied, or followed shortly, by a
wage control order, as required
by law. This will probably be a
flat freeze, but only a temporary
one until the WSB has completed
a wage control formula it is work
ing on.
Wages are unlikely to be rolled
back. On this score, government
labor experts say that regardless
of the equities, It Is impracticable
to roll back wages outside a totali
tarian country.
U. S. Carbines Aid
British Forces
SINGAPORE-(-British troops
and security forces are using
American carbines in their Jun
gle war against Communists in
Malaya.
The British bought the arms in
the United States in a cash deal,
but more substantial military aid
may soon be forthcoming if the
United States grants a British ap
peal for $5,000,000 to buy equip
ment British officers regard the
American carbines as an "A-l
weapon" in the battle against
terrorists.
The automatic carbines are
equipped with magazines of 15 or
30 rounds of 30 calibre bullets. In
addition to lightness, the barrels
of the carbines are short a de
cided asset for soldiers and police
who often have to hack their way
into jungle lairs of Communists.
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OversKoes Make
Islanders Sore"
PAPEETE, Tahiti"-tk-'i If you
want to start a fight with a Tua
motu islander, simply mention the
giant pahua. Pahua is a shell
fish of the clam variety. Its flesh
is the color and toughness of India
rubber, and when It dries it
smells like rubber that nas been
well scorched, but it is a staple
diet for the islanders.
Some years ago the eastern Tua-
motu people found washed ashore
case of rubber certhoes. Never
having seen rubber or overshoes,
they concluded this was a giant
form of their favorite delicacy.
After vainly chewing raw over-'
shoes for a while, they decided to
try cooking. For many days they
boiled the shoes, with periodic
tasting, until finally a trading
schooner captain arrived and told
them their mistake. He related
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Pi r -Sen.
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